Scripture Verse

Here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. Hebrews 13:14

Introduction

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Horatius Bonar (1808–1889)

Words: Ho­ra­ti­us Bo­nar, The Bi­ble Hymn-Book 1845.

Music: Ves­per (Flo­tow), ar­ranged from Fried­rich von Flo­tow, 1875 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tunes:

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Friedrich von Flotow
1812–1883

Lyrics

This is not my place of rest­ing;
Mine’s a ci­ty yet to come;
Onwards to it I am hast­ing—
On to my eter­nal home.

In it all is light and glo­ry,
O’er it shines a night­less day;
Every trace of sin’s sad sto­ry—
All the curse has passed away.

There the Lamb, our shep­herd, leads us
By the streams of life along;
On the fresh­est pas­tures feeds us,
Turns our sigh­ing in­to song.

Soon we pass this des­ert drea­ry,
Soon we bid fare­well to pain;
Never more be sad or wea­ry,
Never, ne­ver sin again.

Refrain to use with tune Pasco:

Beautiful home, peace­ful home,
Far be­yond all earth­ly gloom;
Blest Re­deem­er, safe­ly lead us
On to our eter­nal home.